2015 Topps Cleveland Indians Team Set

Notes

• The 2015 Indians were supposed to be a decent team. They went 85–77 the season before and considering how young there were there was no reason they would not build on that.
• They didn’t and ended the season 81-80, 3rd in the Central. You can read what happened here.
• I love Brandon Moss. He was probably my favorite player on the A’s. The Indians traded for him in the offseason with the expectation that he would be a solid, power hitting outfielder. I was excited. It was a disaster. He hit .217/.288/.407 with 15 and was traded mid-season to St. Louis for pitcher Rob Kaminsky.
• What’s worse is the player he cost–Joey Wendle–looks like he might become a very useful super utility player.
• In June the Indians called up Francisco Lindor to the majors. It was his debut. He is working out ok.
• Corey Kluber was so unlucky. He pitched 222 innings, allowing only 189 hits and striking out 245. Good for an ERA+ of 123. His record? 9-16.
• Dany Salazar came into the season with a ton of hype and generally lived up to it, going 14-10 with a 125 ERA+ over 183 innings. This might be the closest he will ever get to living up to his potential.
• You know who was fun? Cody Anderson. He was the team’s 5th starter and was really good over 91.1 innings, going 7-3 and only allowing 77 hits. He only struck out 44, but still, with a ERA+ of 141 and 1.016 WHIP…there was a reason to be excited. He was a disaster in 2016–elbow issues–and is just now in 2018 making a comeback.

Key Cards

• This is Francisco Lindor’s rookie year and he has two rookies in this set: #US82 Francisco Lindor and #US286 Lindor Rookie Debut.
• Other rookie cards include #US52 Cody Anderson, #US36 Roberto Perez and #US74 Gio Urshela.

#18 Cody Allen

#18 Cody Allen (b)

#23 Michael Bourn

#23 Michael Bourn (b)

#68 Lonnie Chisenhall

#68 Lonnie Chisenhall (b)

#111 Trevor Bauer

#111 Trevor Bauer (b)

#122 Corey Kluber

#122 Corey Kluber (b)

#194 David Murphy

#194 David Murphy (b)

#211 Jason Kipnis

#211 Jason Kipnis (b)

#214 League Leaders

#214 League Leaders (b)

#348 Carlos Santana

#348 Carlos Santana (b)

#393 Danny Salazar

#393 Danny Salazar (b)

#397 Mike Aviles

#397 Mike Aviles (b)

#425 Bryan Shaw

#425 Bryan Shaw (b)

#444 Highlights

#444 Highlights (b)

#447 Jose Ramirez

#447 Jose Ramirez (b)

#472 TJ House

#472 TJ House (b)

#473 Ryan Raburn

#473 Ryan Raburn (b)

#487 Kluber

#487 Kluber (b)

#490 Gavin Floyd

#490 Gavin Floyd (b)

#548 Indians Team

#548 Indians Team (b)

#598 Nick Swisher

#598 Nick Swisher (b)

#599 Michael Brantley

#599 Michael Brantley (b)

#622 Yan Gomes

#622 Yan Gomes (b)

#630 Carlos Carrasco

#630 Carlos Carrasco (b)

#TIO5 Omar Vizquel

#TIO5 Omar Vizquel (b)

#US36 Roberto Perez

#US36 Roberto Perez (b)

#US52 Anderson Rookies

#US52 Anderson Rookies (b)

#US69 Zack McAllister

#US69 Zack McAllister (b)

#US74 Gio Urshela

#US74 Gio Urshela (b)

#US82 Francisco Lindor

#US82 Francisco Lindor (b)

#US158 Kipnis

#US158 Kipnis (b)

#US243 Austin Adams

#US243 Austin Adams (b)

#US286 Lindor

#US286 Lindor (b)

#US327 Ryan Webb

#US327 Ryan Webb (b)